The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) said Monday that 13 persons died while two were injured after a truck rammed into a parked bus in Kogi state on Sunday.
Kogi FRSC Sector Commander of the FRSC, Samuel Oyedeji, said the sad incident occurred around 7: 30 p.m. Sunday.
He added that the accident involving a commercial Sharon bus and an articulated cement truck, occurred by Obajana Market along the Obajana -Lokoja Road in Lokoja local government area of Kogi state.
The sector commander said the bus had packed behind a truck around the market for passengers to buy some things when the cement truck lost its brake and rammed into it from behind.
“And that as soon as the truck rammed into the bus, it immediately went into flames and burnt virtually all the passengers inside it.
“Also burnt were the bus, two trucks and a motorcycle,” he said.
The bus was reportedly heading to Abuja from the southern part of the country.
“Our personnel, who were on rescue operations with Red Cross Nigeria and police officers, couldn’t save the situation due to the fierceness of the fire.
“But the charred remains of the affected persons were collected while the two injured persons have been taken to Fisayo Hospital, Obajana for medical attention.
Mr Oyedeji expressed worry that no hospital in Kogi agreed to take the charred bodies for keep, which might force the authorities to give them a massive burial if no relation came around.